The conservative soul
Subtitle: how we lost it, how to get it back
By: Andrew Sullivan
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780060188771
Subjects: Fundamentalism; Politics and government; Conservatism
Description: "Today's conservatives support the idea of limited government, but they have increased government's size and power to new heights. They believe in balanced budgets, but they have boosted government spending, debt, and pork to record levels. They believe in national security but launched a reckless, ideological occupation in Iraq that has made us tangibly less safe. They have substituted religion for politics and damaged both. In The Conservative Soul, one of the nation's leading political commentators makes an impassioned call to rescue conservatism from the excesses of the Republican far right, which has tried to make the GOP the first fundamentally religious party in American history. In this bold and powerful book, Andrew Sullivan makes a provocative, prescient, and heartfelt case for a revived conservatism at peace with the modern world, and dedicated to restraining government and empowering individuals to live rich and fulfilling lives."--Publisher's website.

A leading political commentator poses an urgent call to rescue conservatism from Republican corruption, arguing that conservative ideals are being challenged by expensive and inappropriate government practices.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-283) and index.